Enrolment in upper secondary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Enrolment in upper secondary education, male was 1.21 million in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
1.21 million
Change on year
down 3.3%
Rank
194th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.25 million
in 2019
All-time low
659,193
in 1998
Years of data
23
1998–2020

Enrolment in upper secondary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998–2020

0500.0k1.0M1.5M1998200920201998: 659.2k1999: 671.0k2000: 722.0k2001: 784.5k2002: 824.2k2003: 895.3k2004: 971.4k2005: 992.0k2006: 968.4k2007: 975.2k2008: 993.2k2009: 1.0M2010: 1.0M2011: 1.0M2012: 1.1M2013: 1.1M2014: 1.2M2015: 1.2M2016: 1.2M2017: 1.2M2018: 1.2M2019: 1.3M2020: 1.2M

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 1.21 million for enrolment in upper secondary education, male in 2020.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and up 15.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enrolment in upper secondary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 1.25 million in 2019 and was at its lowest, 659,193, in 1998.

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 194th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Enrolment in upper secondary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year

Annual values for Enrolment in upper secondary education, male (number) in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998 to 2020.
Year Value Change
1998 659,193
1999 671,014 +1.8%
2000 721,978 +7.6%
2001 784,549 +8.7%
2002 824,243 +5.1%
2003 895,274 +8.6%
2004 971,393 +8.5%
2005 992,040 +2.1%
2006 968,444 -2.4%
2007 975,195 +0.7%
2008 993,198 +1.8%
2009 1.03 million +3.9%
2010 1.05 million +1.7%
2011 1.05 million +0.0%
2012 1.14 million +9.0%
2013 1.11 million -3.4%
2014 1.20 million +8.9%
2015 1.19 million -1.3%
2016 1.19 million -0.2%
2017 1.22 million +2.8%
2018 1.24 million +1.5%
2019 1.25 million +1.1%
2020 1.21 million -3.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 665,104 659,193 671,014 2
2000s 915,825 721,978 1.03 million 10
2010s 1.16 million 1.05 million 1.25 million 10
2020s 1.21 million 1.21 million 1.21 million 1

Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

  1. 191 Anguilla 199 compare
  2. 192 Tuvalu 129 compare
  3. 193 Montserrat 60 compare
  4. 194 Niue 41 compare
  5. 195 Tokelau 31 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enrolment in upper secondary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Enrolment in upper secondary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 1.21 million in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest enrolment in upper secondary education, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The highest recorded value was 1.25 million in 2019.
What is the lowest enrolment in upper secondary education, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The lowest recorded value was 659,193 in 1998.
How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for enrolment in upper secondary education, male?
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 194th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
Is enrolment in upper secondary education, male rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Enrolment in upper secondary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Enrolment in upper secondary education, male (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
416 places, 10,609 data points, 1980–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release